The debate continues! How should organisms be organized and classified? Since the system began it has continued to experience change as new discoveries have been made. Take a look at the history of classification below, what do you think the next change will be?

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A brief history of the changes to the Kingdom system:

In the 1700's there were two Kingdoms

In the late 1800's this expanded to three Kingdoms
In the 1950's this was further divided to five Kingdoms
As of the 1990's groups were separated further to 6 Kingdoms

First Introduced	Names of Kingdoms
1700’s	Plantae					Animalia
Late 1800’s	Protista			Plantae		Animalia
1950’s	Monera		Protista	Fungi	Plantae	Animalia
1990’s	Eubacteria	Archaebacteria	Protista	Fungi	Plantae	Animalia

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